Simon Wright: Last News

Channel 5 viewers are praising the “amazing” NHS doctors after watching gruesome scenes on 999 Critical Condition.The series takes viewers inside the Major Trauma Centre at Royal Stoke University Hospital and follows their critical work as they rush to save patients from catastrophic and potentially life-threatening injuries.Viewers saw Press Setter Operator Simon Wright raced in after a sheet of industrial metal slams had sliced through his face under hydraulic pressure.The accident left him with devastating and potentially life-changing facial injuries. Emergency Medicine Consultant And Trauma Team Lead Dr Anthony Taylor can be seen leading his team of NHS doctor’s in a desperate bid to save his face.Viewers reacting to the gruesome scenes, as surgeons begin operating on his badly damaged eye.“How amazing is our NHS, watching with my hands over my eyes..xx,” said one viewer.A second agreed: “Watching #999CriticalCondition and I’m just in awe of the amazing surgeon’s.

Channel 5's 999: Critical Conditions episode on Wednesday (June 15) will not be the for the faint hearted.On the first episode of season four, medic are faced with with a frightful situation when Press Setter Operator Simon Wright is raced in after a sheet of industrial metal slams had sliced through his face.The trauma team leaders and surgeons work tirelessly to assess and stem many of the facial issues caused by the industrial accident.Simon, who is a young father explained to Daily Star that doctors were astounded that he was still alive to tell the tale after the frightening ordeal - which the mental worker has no memory of.The role of a press setter is to set up mechanical and hydraulic presses to produce powdered metal-parts.Recalling the harrowing situation, Simon told us: "I don't actually remember the accident itself. "But things have been pieced together to a certain degree for me.